Vick has a “mutual agreement” with his supervisor, who has said it’s his decision to see what the rookie quarterback can and cannot do.

So Vick’s role in the next-to-last Eagles game is to do his best impression of Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III.

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“All week long,” said Vick, who doubts he suits up this Sunday.

Curiously when Pro Bowl running back LeSean McCoy wants to play, Reid sends him back to where he left off — against the foe that turned his lights out with 1:45 left in an unwinnable game.

It’s not like McCoy has anything to prove.

“Why wouldn’t I want to play?” said McCoy, slated to start. “They pay me to play this game. I love this game, so why wouldn’t I play? My teammates are out there playing.”

Away from the pack McCoy was asked about the timing. Is the opponent a coincidence or does McCoy want to prove something to himself?

One month ago the Redskins were about to celebrate a 31-6 victory over the Eagles when McCoy took a handoff from Foles and collided, helmet-to-helmet with safety Madieu Williams. McCoy was carted off FedEx Field. The concussion only recently has healed.

“It’s just another game,” McCoy said with a smile. “I feel a lot better. I’m just a little bit rusty, though.”

It was that kind of Wednesday at the NovaCare Complex.

Vick is the No. 3 quarterback...McCoy starts Sunday in what could be Reid’s last home game as head coach of the Eagles.

With a 4-10 record, Reid offered an esoteric defense of the decision to use McCoy. He sounded a lot like mentor Mike Holmgren, in the more successful years. Reid definitely put more thought into this response than his “I was trying to win the game” rationale for playing McCoy late in that no-win game against the Redskins.

“We’re all part of the team,” Reid said. “It’s not a hierarchy that way. That’s not how it works. If you’re healthy, you play. LeSean understands that so that’s how you go about business. LeSean wouldn’t want it any other way and that’s how I feel about it.”

Rookie Bryce Brown, whose fumbling is an issue, also will play according to Reid. Brown will rotate in.

Rookie running back Chris Polk will get a shot at fullback, where Stanley Havili is nursing a badly strained hamstring. Havili was held out of practice Wednesday.

In case you wondered, McCoy didn’t have an issue with being in that Redskins game, even though it was out of reach.

“People blamed coach for it,” McCoy said. “I wanted to be in there. I’m a competitor so I’m going to finish the season out if I’m healthy.”

On the other side of the ball, Reid announced that Kurt Coleman would replace Nate Allen at safety, with Colt Anderson the other starter.

“Colt came in and we asked him to fill in at the line of scrimmage and be a physical player in there and he did a nice job with that,” Reid said. “We needed that at that time and we’re going to need it this week. They run the football and do a good job with it.”

Though Allen will rotate in, according to Reid, getting the soft label won’t do wonders for his career. Reid said Allen needed to stay healthy but “has been up and down with that.”

“Then, just continue to get better,” Reid said. “That’s the primary thing. I’m not going to start pointing things out. Just overall he needs to improve.”

Allen was puzzled by the move. It must be his imagination that the Eagles have reduced the big pass plays they allowed when Kurt Coleman, not Colt Anderson, started at the other safety.

“It is what it is,” Allen said. “That’s the best fit right now. I’m just going to roll with it, just finish out and play strong. I don’t know why. You’ve got to roll with it.”

From Vick and McCoy to Coleman and Allen, the Eagles have just two more weeks to roll with it.